Todd Gilens

Todd Gilens is a visual artist working in writing, drawing and photography, and making site-integrated artworks for public and private spaces. He has created projects for transit systems, botanical gardens, arts and conference centers, factories, and national forests. He holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Harvard University, leads workshops, and designs private gardens. www.toddgilens.com

Map – Issue 30

handwritten letters in a grid on blue paper

Confluence: Grids, Ecology, and 99-Character Statements

For a public art project called Confluence I am developing texts and testing reading processes, with the goal of installing mile-long writings along streets where waterways have been hidden underground.